Lettering-pen.



J. SUWITER.

LETTERING- PEN.

APPLICATION FILEDMAR. 23. 1912.

Patented m 1. 23,1918.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY JACOB SUMTER, or new YORK, rut Yb 7 raeacai.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, T91.

Application filed March 23, 1917. Serial No. 156,999.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB SUMTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1458 First avenue, New York city,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lettering-Pens, of which the following is a specification. j

This invention comprehends the provision of a draftsmans lettering pen, which is ex tremely simple in construction, with a view of reducing the cost of production and sale of the same to a minimum, and so designed a W to make letters of uniform thickness.

More specifically stated, the invention embodies a pair of spaced nibs parallel throughout 1 their length, and obliquely disposed with respect to the main body portion of' the pen, thus defining an ink reservoir at the angular junction between the nibs and body portion, which. reservoir is in opencommunicatlon with the space between the nibs. e

cate similar The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood from the. fol

lowing detail description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification like numerals of reference indiparts in the severalviews and wherein i v Figure lis a plan view of the blank from which the pen is constructed.

throughout its length, the former merging into the latter as at 11. The relatively wide portion constitutes the 'main body portion at h Pea a d is t P s a S m -sim lar thepen, at which time the relatively narrow portion produces two nibs indicated at 12 whichas shown are very narrow, but paraloutline in cross section, when the blank is curved longitudinally in the production of lel throughout their entire length. The,

blank is split'as'at 13a-long itslongitudinal fold line for aslight distance from the free end of the narrow portion, so that the cor be properly separated. The nibs 12 as a unit are obliquely disposed with respect to the main body portion of the pen as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the angularity of said nibs in this connection being approximatelythirty degrees. With the formation of the pen in this manner coupledwith the angular disposition of the nibs with respect to the main body portion, an ink reservoir 14 is provided at the angular junction of the nibs 12 with the main body portion of the pen, and which reservoir is in open communication with the space between the nibs 12. This particular design of pen not only makes letters of uniform thickness as illustrated in Fig. 6, but will not. overflow, and yet holds a considerable supply of ink. The pen in addition to being cheap to manufacture,

canfbe readily and easily cleaned when desired by moving the sharpv edge of a piece of paper through the space between the nibs if properly proportioned can be used in conjunction with the ordinary and well known form of pen holder.

It is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be apparent, and while Ihave shown and described what I consider the preferred embodiment of the invention, I desire to have it understood that such changes in the construction and arrange ment of parts may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is A pen comprising a body having its sides curved downwardly and agradually constriated neck portion having parallel sides merging into the sides of said body portion,

said neck portion inclining downwardly in.

12. The pens can be madeof any size,'and V 60 I responding extremities of the nibs 12 will. i a

' respect-to the; top of saidbody portion and aration of said nibs upon downward presbeing longitudinally bifurcated to provide sure thereon will be prevented, the juncture normally spaced parallel nibs, the ends of of said neck portion with said body serving 16 said-nibsbeing at right angles -to' the neck as an ink reservoir.

5 portionithe thickness of said nihs in a'ver- In testimony whereof signature. 7 tical' direction being greater than their .r 7

thickness in a'lateral direction, herehysep V V t JACOB SUMTER.

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